This is religio-conservato-americana at its finest. The wedding of a certain understanding of Christianity with the Republican party(salvation comes on Air Force One) is very scary. We are doing things as the American Empire that are horribly unbibilical i.e. unjust wars, defense of torture, big government spending on money we don't have, and causing all kinds of repurcussions around the world that are way away from the mandate of a Christian culture. This episode was terribly blasphemous. We live in the age of history that will be known as the American Empire...We ought to be more wary of how are Christianity is done... Not that mixing in politics is in anyway wrong, it is the WAY we do it. It is NOT by thinking and acting like God is someone that you can bend down to the ridiculously small god of Arminian, religio-family values no gospel kind of trinitarian heresy!
Psalm 16:6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Kyocera Funeral
For those who do not read Pastor Wilson's blog, you also have to see this one, absolutely hilarious Laugh! Jesus reigns!
The implications of Christmas
This is the time of the year that all Christians (generally) become victorious, celebratory, and robust in their demonstrations of beauty and giving. We sing "Joy to the World!" and we become basically Postmillennial Christians for just one little time span of the year. Oh for the day when all Christians will be as confident in the Lordship of our Savior over all aspects of life everywhere. When Sabbath living will be the most joyful, restful, and truly delightful day of the week. The rest of the year, unfortunately, Christians exude a literal theology of defeat.. Let's just let the world go to pot because we are going to be raptured out of here...Instead of a more biblical theology which (because of the incarnation of Christ) the Creator turns towards remaking and renewing this creation. Because of Christ, we live in this world, we are to remake the spoiled creation around us and plant ourselves here.... We are to think about planting trees (children) and nurturing them for a thousand generations.. Until, The New Heavens and the New Earth are complete here and everywhere in space--"No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as the curse is found..!!!! Let Heaven and nature sing! Rocks, hills, plains, animals and the creation sings for joy-Rom 8... May His Kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven. Christians were never evac-ed through history.. We win! Why would God get the greatest of glory if MOST people went to Hell? No, search the Scriptures and see, all the nations will bow before Him, and every tongue confess.. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry. The government of the world will be on Him. All authority has been given to Him, He will not give His glory to another!
He reigns! This is what Jesus is Lord means!
Monday, December 24, 2007
The inescapable covenant realities of life
Marriage--marriage is one of the last covenant rituals that the culture still practices...Think about it..Two individuals say a few words to eachother and someone else says a few words at them, and then blammo! We have two covenant bound, and deeply connected people before God in which it would take a major upheavel ( to the Bible's definition) to divorce them. Consummating the marriage is the complete act that seals the deal.
Sex--You cannot shake an illicit fornication (pornea in the Greek). You can't, as the movie (devil wears prada) lies and suggests, become one with a woman and then think you can go on your merry way. What is this one connection? Have you ever found that odd? "Well sure, it's intimate alright, but what makes you one with that person not just in the act but in the covenant type connection you end up having with that person for the rest of your life. It's a mystery, but then so is marriage, and so is the relationship with Christ and the Church--Eph. 5
Devil wears Prada
Tom Schreiner on Romans, thoughts
"What the law could not produce was obedience to the will of God. Both Jeremiah and Ezekiel predicted a day when God would grant his people the ability to keep the law. The imprint of teaching to which believers are delivered fulfills this promise; they obey from the heart because of the transforming work of God." But it wasn't just the ability to keep the law, they had the ability to be sure..And nor is it that now we have the ability to keep the law exactly like an Israelite should have. Rather, the enabling of the Holy Spirit and the New Covenant would drastically and joyously reverse the major trend of apostasy in the Old Covenant. The effect and promise of the Christ is far deeper and richer in the hearts of the Israel of God now. It is more along the lines that in the Old Aeon we had lots of privileges and blessings, but many shadows; Now, we have a superabundance of power, graces, gifts, and wisdom, knowledge, etc., We need to think of the transition from the old creation to the new creation more in this way, not bifurcating the two or throwing one out i.e. the treasure of Torah (be honest-it leads to fuzzy and vague antinomianism) but seeing it as from good to great.
Old Covenant/New Covenant
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Amazon.com: Your Wish List
This is my mother load wish list... Hey, if you buy me a book, then send my your list, and I'll buy you one--sort of like matching donations..
Planet Earth and Man vs. Wild
"Man vs. Wild" is alot of fun. Some Christian guy (actually) who goes around to treacherous and inhospitable places and showes survival techniques. The best part is literally watching him eat raw insects and dead camels, including one episode where he ate goat testicles-truly disgusting.
Check 'em out